Thermolysis a new and ecological technology?

[Carlos.arribas@alc.servicom.es]

Hi,

Somebody can answer to me these questions?

1) Why does not exists a commercial thermolysis-plant (capacity over 50.000
Tm/year) anywhere and it just exists "experimental plant", "pilot plant",
etc? Do these experimental plants handle whole domestic trash or only a
no-recycling fraction?
2) Do the posterior operations to the thermolysis (the combustion of gas and
carbonous residue) produce dioxins? Are there organochlorides compounds in
the carbonous residue? What does it happens with the sewage sludges?
3) Which is the French company patent owner?

In Spain the company SODEMA (filial of some french firm) has offered some
plants to several cities councils like the solution to trash problem. In
Spain there are not recycling programs in the cities and the common practice
is throw it in landfill (in the best case!). The thermolysis is presented
like the true solution for hospitalary, industrial and domestic residues.
Our local environmental groups are figthing against it. Somebody can help us?
Thanks for all.

Environmental group: Colla Ecologista d'Alacant.(Coordinadora Ecologista del
Sur del Pais Valencia)
Mail adress: Apartado de Correos 1096. 03080 ALACANT (SPAIN)
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Carlos Arribas Ugarte.
Carlota Pasaron 23-3r. ALACANT (PAIS VALENCIA)
Tfno: (96) 5924441
E-mail: Carlos.Arribas@alc.servicom.es
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